Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Brain injury"

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    • The effect of osteopontin and osteopontin-derived peptides on preterm brain injury 

      Albertsson, Anna-Maj; Zhang, Xiaoli; Leavenworth, Jianmei; Bi, Dan; Nair, Syam; Qiao, Lili; Hagberg, Henrik; Mallard, Carina; Cantor, Harvey; Wang, Xiaoyang (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Osteopontin (OPN) is a highly phosphorylated sialoprotein and a soluble cytokine that is widely expressed in a variety of tissues, including the brain. OPN and OPN-derived peptides have been suggested to have ...

    • Engraftment of enteric neural progenitor cells into the injured adult brain 

      Belkind-Gerson, Jaime; Hotta, Ryo; Whalen, Michael; Nayyar, Naema; Nagy, Nandor; Cheng, Lily; Zuckerman, Aaron; Goldstein, Allan M.; Dietrich, Jorg (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: A major area of unmet need is the development of strategies to restore neuronal network systems and to recover brain function in patients with neurological disease. The use of cell-based therapies remains an ...

    • The immune response after hypoxia-ischemia in a mouse model of preterm brain injury 

      Albertsson, Anna-Maj; Bi, Dan; Duan, Luqi; Zhang, Xiaoli; Leavenworth, Jianmei W; Qiao, Lili; Zhu, Changlian; Cardell, Susanna; Cantor, Harvey; Hagberg, Henrik; Mallard, Carina; Wang, Xiaoyang (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Preterm brain injury consists primarily of periventricular leukomalacia accompanied by elements of gray-matter injury, and these injuries are associated with cerebral palsy and cognitive impairments. Inflammation ...

    • Lateralized, nonepileptic convulsions in an adult with cerebral palsy: Case report and review of the literature☆ 

      Gale, Seth; Safar, Laura; Robbins, Jeffrey; Daffner, Kirk (Elsevier, 2014)
      The authors report a case of unilateral functional neurological symptoms (nonepileptic convulsions) in a 38-year-old man with mild, motor-predominant cerebral palsy. His convulsions are all lateralized to the same side as ...